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A Theoretical Analysis of the Coherence-Induced Spectral Shift Experiments of Kandpal, Vaishya, and Joshi
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762.
Abstract:
The optical system used by Kandpal, Vaishya, and Joshi in their experiments on coherence-induced spectral shifts is analyzed theoretically. An approximate form for the cross-spectral density in the secondary source plane is obtained, and it is shown that, contrary to the assertions of Kandpal, Vaishya, and Joshi, the corresponding complex degree of spectral coherence in this plane is wavelength dependent. After making some assumptions about the behavior of the interference filter used in the system, an approximate form for the spectrum of the light on-axis in the observation plane is obtained. It is shown that the peak wavelengths of this spectrum do not agree with those reported by Kandpal, Vaishya, and Joshi. Possible reasons for this disagreement arc discussed.
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